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The boatswain did not forget me though, in spite of his fun at my expense; and he must have spoken to Ching Wang again about me, for the Chinaman came to the cabin after giving the men their breakfast at eight bells, bringing me a pannikin of hot coffee, his panacea for every woe. "Hi, lilly pijjin, drinkee dis chop chop," said he, holding the pannikin to my mouth.
'Sides, ee see, here am de lake water dey want drinkee want eat too. Dey sure come down." Ossaroo's prediction was fulfilled, almost as soon as it was uttered. The birds, first one and then the other, jerked in their spread wings; and dropped down upon the shore of the lake as already stated, not over twenty paces from the spot where the three waders were occupied among the leaves of the lilies.
Sometimes I had obtained for her a holiday sometimes saved her a whipping, and at others had given her a trifle of money; she therefore became exceedingly attached to me, and as she saw her mistress's anger daily increase, she knew what it would probably end in, and watched my safety like a little guardian sylph. "No drinkee coffee, massa," said she, "Missy putty obeah stuff in."
I say, Herrick, why is a mandarin like the Grand Panjandrum?" "Because he plays at the game of catch, catch, can and can't catch the man who cuts off the English fellow's head," said Smith. "Wrong!" cried Barkins. "Now you, Poet." "Because he's got a little round button on the top." "Good boy, go up one," cried Barkins. "Hallo! what place is this?" "Velly good place, eatee drinkee.
The sentence ends in a scream; the steward smiles, and the first-class resumes 'Ah, you larf. And what for you larf? I no larf, I no drinkee soop! Here the dialogue ends, and men confess by their looks that travelling sometimes does throw us into the strangest society.
Sometimes I had obtained for her a holiday sometimes saved her a whipping, and at others had given her a trifle of money; she therefore became exceedingly attached to me, and as she saw her mistress's anger daily increase, she knew what it would probably end in, and watched my safety like a little guardian sylph. "No drinkee coffee, Massa," said she, "Missy putty obeah stuff in."
He lifted one and sniffed it regretfully. "Prenty strong," he said. "Make drunkee. Call him Kennedee. He cost much. Drinkee two piece you sick three day." He smiled reminiscently, and once more I thought of that day when the unfortunate gendarme had surprised the orgiasts in the forest and lost his nose. The chief accompanied us down the trail.
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